The Ultimate Amazon Thread Mark 2 - Q/A - Good/Bad

[aymane07]

thanks. Although i never understood why u don't include the word "review" in your EMD despite the fact that you always said you target specific buying keywords

maybe it's u're secret sauce.. and some day i'll learn why

Anyway thanks for the many key points you mentionned in both threads.

 

[aymane07]

another few related questions (and of course anyone who can answer please do, i am sure Danny had already said a lot)

1) how many press releases should I make ?
2) If I make more than one, should I make them at the same time or spread in time ?
3) should their content be unique if I submit one PR in different websites ?

I am talking about press releases that say that my website just launched.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Danny1111]

I am looking for ways to filter buyers as soon as they see my domain - so that if they come to my site I can sell them something.

"reviews" yes that's a way to do it -- but you have to sell the person that your site is "the expert" on the subject ... my sites don't look like $5,000 worth of design -- nor do they have alot of user comments / interactive features ... so for me that's not the best way to sell someone something ... that's not to say it doesn't work .. but I'm looking for the most bang for your buck.

Also you seem to want me to just tell you 100% this is the way to do things .. well I try not to narrow things down like that - because every person has different experience and goals - and we don't need every person making the exact same site - and using the exact same strategy .... if I want to do that - then I will start a BST and charge for my time.

Amazon gives you a chance to be successful online but its up to you to accept the challenge and find your own twists to maximize your effort.

As far as the PR questions go those are pretty straight forward 1. to match up with your launch and then content 2. spread out 3. they are services - so unique each time it goes through the system.

cheers.

 

[Macblack91]

amazon is great but they pay way to less...

 

[Danny1111]

It's such a misconception that Amazon Pay Too Low .... They basically give you a Business for Free - With Top Notch Support and Return Policies.

Sure you might not earn 50% commissions like you do at ClickBank -- but this business can run for years - while CB goes up and down with every product launch... plus those are digital products not real world items like most at Amazon - simply put your not ever going to get 50% commission on selling a refrigerator.

You can do CPA and spam your links all over the web - or invest a bunch of money in PPC - or do Content Locking - but those again are a different type of business - and cracked games/software are again not really sustainable.

Adsense has turned into a lottery shoot - with the way they treat the Site Owners - and you basically turn your business over to Google's prying eyes by using Adsense - so its great for some but not others.

Anyway -- if you can rank a Site in Google - or if you can drive traffic another way - then Amazon is a great way to earn money in my opinion - and don't fall for the trap that the commissions are too low just scale your operation -- that's one of the main things you learn here at BHW.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Amazon is definitely a program for the long run. I have a client that's been a member since the year 2000, when I saw his account records I couldn't believe it. 13 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars(perhaps over a million in 13 years....) later Amazon is still paying and he's still selling. It all began with just books.

 

[aymane07]

I sold 3 items today from my 1 and only website currently running!! 12 items shipped this month, 6.5% comission.. i am so happy

 

[imserious]

@Danny1111 - Have a question for you regarding the new Amazon guidelines. Hope you can clear my doubts.

Have opened a thread also regarding this. ( There is a big change on the third party sites and on softwares/browser plugins etc)

However, this part of the agreement is not clear. Does this mean that a responsive theme can not be used for a site linking to Amazon.

July 1, 2013 version
?7. Except as agreed between you and us in a separate written agreement referencing this Participation Requirement, you will not use any Content or Special Link, or otherwise link to the Amazon Site, on or in connection with:
a. any client-side software application (e.g., a browser plug-in, helper object, toolbar, extension, or component or any other application executable or installable by an end user) on any device, including computers, mobile phones, tablets, or other handheld devices;
b. any site intended for use with a mobile phone, tablet, or other handheld device, which prohibition does not apply to any site that is not designed or intended for use with such devices but that may be accessible by such devices (e.g., on a non-mobile-optimized site via an internet browser on a tablet device); or
c. any television set-top box (e.g., digital video recorders, cable or satellite boxes, streaming video players, blu-ray players, or dvd players) or Internet-enabled television (e.g., GoogleTV, Sony Bravia, Panasonic Viera Cast, or Vizio Internet Apps).?

 

[Danny1111]

I am not the most technically advanced guy - I'm a search engine guy - probably the most boring type of internet marketer - because while I can rank for any term - I never generate the Viral Traffic that you can associate with Social Media... with that out of the way ...

I believe that means you can't pre-program mobile sites or apps or user downloads to auto generate a cookie -- its got to be done as it would on a normal website.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

@Danny1111 - Have a question for you regarding the new Amazon guidelines. Hope you can clear my doubts.

Have opened a thread also regarding this. ( There is a big change on the third party sites and on softwares/browser plugins etc)

However, this part of the agreement is not clear. Does this mean that a responsive theme can not be used for a site linking to Amazon.

July 1, 2013 version
"7. Except as agreed between you and us in a separate written agreement referencing this Participation Requirement, you will not use any Content or Special Link, or otherwise link to the Amazon Site, on or in connection with:
a. any client-side software application (e.g., a browser plug-in, helper object, toolbar, extension, or component or any other application executable or installable by an end user) on any device, including computers, mobile phones, tablets, or other handheld devices;
b. any site intended for use with a mobile phone, tablet, or other handheld device, which prohibition does not apply to any site that is not designed or intended for use with such devices but that may be accessible by such devices (e.g., on a non-mobile-optimized site via an internet browser on a tablet device); or
c. any television set-top box (e.g., digital video recorders, cable or satellite boxes, streaming video players, blu-ray players, or dvd players) or Internet-enabled television (e.g., GoogleTV, Sony Bravia, Panasonic Viera Cast, or Vizio Internet Apps)."

Translation: The site has to be designed for PC's and it's ok if accessed via mobile as long as the site is not made for the mobile device. Not a lawyer but that's how I understood that.

 

[medialounge]

danny111
lol you doing a great job here.

 

[imserious]

Yes, thats what i understand also but it seems ridiculous, it also means not designing your site for the highest growing category of traffic.

Translation: The site has to be designed for PC's and it's ok if accessed via mobile as long as the site is not made for the mobile device. Not a lawyer but that's how I understood that.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Yes, thats what i understand also but it seems ridiculous, it also means not designing your site for the highest growing category of traffic.

Same thing I thought. I think that clause will be gone in a future review of the TOS, it's simply ridiculous.

 

[Getwhatchuwant]

Here is a Tip that may save you some time and effort. Danny has alluded to this before but it is worth mentioning. If you are really good at a particular niche, say you are a handyman, you can have quite a few sites about very specific items. As a handyman you likely will know the best power saw, pressure washer, hand tools etc... So you can have one site for each of those...

On top of you shining with your expertise on the site it can make SEO easier. For instance you can build a handful of web 2.0 properties all in the home improvement or handy man type niche and no matter what new site you create those web 2.0's are relevant and relatable to the sites your are creating for amazon.

This saves quite a bit of time if you are doing this by hand especially. Here is another advantage to playing in certain niches, if you do any guest blogging at all, you dont have to go find new blogs to put your content on. Once you have developed a relationship with a blog owner chances are he will let you post your work on his site and each time you can link it out to a new site of yours.

This method is more for the white hat guys that dont use tools or cannot afford them but 10-20 web 2.0's with decent content along with good relationships with 5-10 bloggers and a few press releases, bookmarks and so on can really help you boost a low comp keyword with very little effort once your mini network of sites and contacts has been established.

 

[Danny1111]

well I think they have seen - that with certain technology steps - people can stuff things into mobile sites that you can't on a normal website .. so they want the same restriction that they have got to be able to see the link to generate a sale .. if its done automatically for the visitor then its a problem.

anyway as I was explaining above - doesn't really affect me too much - because I'm not designing apps/mobile type sites with these sorts of behind the scenes features.

 

[Danny1111]

that's it for me on BHW today - any questions for me I'll check out tomorrow ... BHW is great but can get in the way of getting your work done !! All the best Today - Cheers.

 

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[Parallax]

Question for anyone having success with these sites: is a month a reasonable time-frame to gauge a site's potential?

 

[aymane07]

Question for anyone having success with these sites: is a month a reasonable time-frame to gauge a site's potential?

i don't know why you would wanna use 1 month to gauge the potentiel of a website!
you have 1 year domain registration minimum so in terms of time: I would say 1 year is good time frame to judge.

If you want to know whether to invest more in the website during that year, in my opinion, you have to track traffic/conversions/sales on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, and then act according to results you get:
- a lot of traffic but no clicks ==> improve content and or link placement
- no traffic ==> improve SEO
- clicks but no sales ==> change the keyword targeted / SEO
- sales ==> add accessories page/related products/ articles/ more content

So i don't see why you use a static month and decide whether the site has potentiel or not, unless you have monthly domain and monthly hosting